John Gunther

Saturday, January 3, 2015

Hi folks. I'm excited to start off 2015 with these two gigs.
I'll be performing John Coltrane's "Love Supreme" with Ben Markley, Matt Smiley, and Dru Heller at the "Crown Pub" in Ft. Collins, Colorado on Sunday Jan 11. 7 - 9pm

….and on Monday Jan 12th, in NewYork City with the John Menegon Quartet featuring Frank Kimbrough (pn) and Matt Wilson (dr). At the "Somethin' Jazz Club" as part of the Mid Manhattan Jazz Fest. 9 - 10:45pm.

Monday, August 5, 2013

It was a thrill and honor to play with jazz master Jimmy Heath. His incredible musical mind is matched equally by his wit and generous spirit. To hear him play is like hearing the history of the Tenor sax in every note! Thank you Mr. Heath!

Sunday, March 31, 2013

About John

John Gunther is a composer and multi-instrumentalist playing Saxophones, Clarinet, and Flute. With a restless musical spirit, he explores all forms of jazz from traditional to avant-garde as well as classical music, world music and experimental electronic music. He has performed or recorded with Dave Douglas, Ron Miles, Christian McBride, Bobby Watson, Wallace Roney, Larry Goldings,Tom Harrel, Dewey Redman, Joe Williams, The Woody Herman Orchestra, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and The Maria Schneider Orchestra.
As part of New York city's "downtown" music scene for many years, he produced five recordings for Creative Improvised Music Projects (CIMP) and is co-founder of the contemporary jazz ensembles, "Spooky Actions" and "Convergence." John is an Associate Professor and director of the Thompson Jazz Studies Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. He received a Ph.D. from New York University. In 2007 he founded the Boulder Laptop Orchestra [BLOrk] to explore the intersection of music, performance, art, and technology. His work with BLOrk has led to further collaboration with the STEM program at CU exploring informal science education through the arts.